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Back pepper: Native to India, pepper has played a very important role throughout history and has been a prized spice since ancient times. Since ancient Greece, pepper has held such high prestige that it was not only used as a seasoning but as a currency and a sacred offering. Pepper was used to both honor the gods and to pay taxes and ransoms. During the fall of ancient Rome, the invading barbarians were even honored by being given black pepper. Additionally, in the Middle Ages the wealth of a man was oftentimes measured by his stockpile of pepper. Black pepper comes from the pepper plant, a smooth woody vine that can grow up to 33 feet in hot and humid tropical climates. They begin to bear small white clustered flowers after 3 to 4 years and develop into berries known as peppercorns. Ground peppercorns produce the spice we call pepper. BOTANICAL NAME: Piper nigrum L. FAMILY NAME: Piperaceae Black pepper comes from the berries of the pepper plant. Black pepper, green pepper and white peppercorns are actually the same fruit (Piper nigrum); the difference in their color is a reflection of varying stages of development and processing methods. The major commercial producers of pepper are India ,Vietnam and Indonesia BLACK PEPPER Item Code: OLC-RPK-080 Specification:- HS CODE- 09041130 Moisture: 11% max Light Pepper: 2% max Other Matter: 0.5% max Tolerance: 0.5% max Origin: India